waiting terminal

my apologies for not posting in so long.

It seem's like we're always waiting some where for some reason or another, only seemed appropriate to make a waiting painting. ;)

painting is: 30*90 cm

but this is cubist

finished this one up last night, drove me crazy, way out of my comfort zone.
im not normally a very disciplined painter, i like having my space and splashing color, so geometry is pulling teeth. this was planned to the tinest detail.

oddly enough, will definatly do more teeth pulling ;)

color me free

I've been basically staring at this finished painting for the past week or so. khalas, your time's up. off my easel!

*acrylic

tweet tweet!

messing around with birds. tweet, tweet!

word of wisdom: mess around on the right type of paper. darned if u don't end up liking the mess on the crappy copy paper, then u'll just want to kick ur self!
I'm too far gone to learn but save ur self!!

Layla

posting this piece slipped my mind.

If you've been following you know by now im crazy about Qais layla poems. Naturally there's no competing with the Majnoon's first hand accounts, still Bahraini poet Qassim Haddad does it so beautifully.
The poem i used here's one i particularly love "aan Qais" from Haddad's book "Akhbar Majnoon Layla"

عن قيس
عن الهوى يسكن الدار
عن شاعر صاغني في هواه
عن اللون والاسم والرائحة
عن الختم والفاتحة
كنت مثل السديم استوي في يديه
هداني إليه
برئت من الناس لما بكاني إليهم
زها بي وغنوا الأغاني بأشعاره
فما كان لي أن أقدر هل أشعلني أم طفاني
سأقول عن قيس
عن جنة بين عيني ضاعت
عن هواء أسعف الطير واستخف بنا واصطفانا
عن كلما هم بي تهت فيه
وباهيت كي نحتفي بالمزيج
غن العشق تلتاع فيه الحجاز
ويشغف في ضفتيه الخليج
سأقول عن قيس
عن حزنه القرمزي
عن الليل يتبع خطاه الوئيده
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*Acrylic

little ballerina

this little ballerina has a story.
this was inspired by a little girl (not so little now) of about 8 or 9 years, who asked me if her clothes made her look fat!
That really blew my mind as i hadn't realised till then, how crucial an issue weight struggles and body image have become to girls even at such tender ages. It's disheartening to think that our weight obsession (healthy or otherwise) in the adult world is robbing them of their childhood, of giving tea parties and playing ballerinas...

Frida III

my hands were itching to tune up - or down- this painting.
luckily i didn't regret going back to it.
this time its really finished.

Frida II

pulled an all nighter to finish this one up...
I hadn't planned on using so much black, especially not with here flair for flowers and bright clothes, but with all the physical and emotional burdens she juggled regularly it seemed appropriate. like her self portrait where her rib cage's wide open and a metal column passing through her. beneath all here bright strong facade was a whole lot of dark heavy chain to be maneuvered with every step. dark colors, came naturally in the painting, an unconscious choice really.

* acrylic on canvas

universal ain/ عين كونية

never got around to posting this piece finished.

*acrylic on canvas

ع

call of the sea

As i was reading Moby Dick at the time, a sea painting seemed appropriate.

-Acrylic on canvas
18*24 inch

في ذكر الجنة

I've been beyound lazy when it comes to posting.
this paintings' been finished for quite a while.

Acrylic on canvas
18*24 inch

* ....إي والذي نفسي بيده إن في الجنة لخيلاً

عين

i was studying the letter ain today & thought why not give my marbled paper a try!

this i'd like to do on a larger scale

The good the bad & the ugly

-I haven't painted for a while and have missed it dreadfully.

It feels so good to be back at it.

- the bad & the ugly are time-lines in the 'no painting' zone.

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60×60 cm

Acrylic on canvas

أنشودة المطر

I was asked to paint this for a wedding present.

one of my fav poems.

أنشودة المطر للسياب

عيناك غابتا نخيل ساعة السحر

أو شرفتان راح ينأى عنهما القمر

عيناك حين تبسمان تورق الكروم

وترقص الأضواء كالأقمار في نهر

*acrylic.

Corniche

the corniche is one of my favorite places, I'm always thinking i want to do more paintings., the sea, greenery, people chilling, walking around, exercising... simple pleasure in life

more to come, lets hope! :p

50*70 cm

Acrylic on wrapped canvas

Side Cafe/ قهوة ع المفرق

Acrylic on canvas

20*28 inch

*favering bigger pieces these days.

The Sorceress Woke Me

I don't think I posted this here, was painted some months earlier.

مجددا قاسم حداد و أيقظتني الساحرة،

تفتح الأبواب وأدخل

تصقل الكتب وأقرأ

18 *24 inch

Acrylic on canvas, framed.

La - لا

وقالوا لو تشاء سلوت عنها - فقلت لهم فإني لا أشاء.

* قيس ليلى

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11×14 inch

Acrylic on canvas

Tempest / عاصفة

( To be displayed in Jeddah Coast to Coast exhibition)

12 * 16 inch.

acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.